[V6 Feature Request] Search Board titles?

[innit2winnit]

Hello, there.  Can VS Admin add an option to V6 in which users can search for specific Boards with their Proboards search function?  In V5 you can only get search results for words and phrases in comments or thread titles, but being able to search the names of Boards (note, Boards, not just threads) would be very useful for my custom Proboards.

For example, in V5, if I search for 'Star Wars' on a Proboards forum, the results will only show me individual words or phrases in people's comments, or a word or phrase in a thread title.

But what I'd love for V6 is this:

General (Category)
- Test 1 (Board)
 - Random topic (Thread)

I'd like for my users and admins to be able to specifically pull up the 'Test 1' Board in search by typing it in.  I intend to make many Boards within a single Category and would love it if members can navigate the site more easily by searching for the Board they're looking for.  This is a very specific request, I am not looking for any alternative options to it.

[Boy_Wonder]

This is v already a feature if you select search there's an option for selecting specific boards, categories, etc

[innit2winnit]

Feb 6, 2017 0:00:18 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

This is v already a feature if you select search there's an option for selecting specific boards, categories, etc

That's not what I meant.  I don't want to search for a post in a board or category, I want to type in the name of a Board and have it show up.

[Boy_Wonder]

I don't follow.

I can go to search page, I can scroll down. I can click on in board(s) and select say plugins hit search and it will only show posts from that board

[innit2winnit]

Feb 8, 2017 0:36:50 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

I don't follow.

I can go to search page, I can scroll down. I can click on in board(s) and select say plugins hit search and it will only show posts from that board

I don't want to narrow the search down to specific posts, but rather specific boards.  So let's say a board on my forum is called Test Board 1, and there's a single post in it where someone wrote "welcome".  I want it possible to be able to type in 'Test Board 1' in search and simply direct me to the Board where all the threads are.  I'm not interested in seeing specific posts like "welcome".  This is useful for how I want to structure my site, as it will have plenty of boards, and I want people to be able to simply search for specific boards to pull them up.

[Boy_Wonder]

Wouldn't it in that case just be a case of using the front page listing where all you have to do is click on Test Board 1.

Also if you go to this page:

support.proboards.com/search

Click on "In the board" and select a board

Then at the bottom before hitting search change view to "Display Threads" (versus display posts)

This will list all the threads in the selected board.

support.proboards.com/search/results?where_board_subboard=20&captcha_id=captcha_search&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=1&search=Search < So in that example I asked it to list me all the threads in the games board

[innit2winnit]

Feb 8, 2017 1:53:00 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

Wouldn't it in that case just be a case of using the front page listing where all you have to do is click on Test Board 1.

Also if you go to this page:

support.proboards.com/search

Click on "In the board" and select a board

Then at the bottom before hitting search change view to "Display Threads" (versus display posts)

This will list all the threads in the selected board.

support.proboards.com/search/results?where_board_subboard=20&captcha_id=captcha_search&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=1&search=Search < So in that example I asked it to list me all the threads in the games board

Now you've made it much easier for me to explain what I wanted.

Basically, I'd like an option at the bottom for, 'display results as boards'.

[Boy_Wonder]

Aahh! Okay!

I just wanted to check that it wasn't something already here!

[Alanna 🥀🖤]

Feb 8, 2017 2:47:47 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

Aahh! Okay!

I just wanted to check that it wasn't something already here!

Note they also want to be able to search for boards that are normally hidden and can be pulled in the results.

[innit2winnit]

Feb 8, 2017 2:01:41 GMT -8 innit2winnit said:

Feb 8, 2017 1:53:00 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

Wouldn't it in that case just be a case of using the front page listing where all you have to do is click on Test Board 1.

Also if you go to this page:

support.proboards.com/search

Click on "In the board" and select a board

Then at the bottom before hitting search change view to "Display Threads" (versus display posts)

This will list all the threads in the selected board.

support.proboards.com/search/results?where_board_subboard=20&captcha_id=captcha_search&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=1&search=Search < So in that example I asked it to list me all the threads in the games board

Now you've made it much easier for me to explain what I wanted.

Basically, I'd like an option at the bottom for, 'display results as boards'.

Feb 8, 2017 2:54:22 GMT -8 @khristian said:

Feb 8, 2017 2:47:47 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

Aahh! Okay!

I just wanted to check that it wasn't something already here!

Note they also want to be able to search for boards that are normally hidden and can be pulled in the results.

Brian and VS Admin , thoughts?  Would love this feature.

[Brian]

I'll label this as a feature request, but I'm pretty sure a plugin can already accomplish this using the information that's present in your forum's navigation tree.